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30.Dd $Mdocdate: September 19 2014 $
31.Dt INTRO 4 landisk
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm intro
35.Nd introduction to special files and hardware support
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The manual pages in section 4 describe the special files,
38related driver functions, and networking support
39available in the system.
40In this part of the manual, the SYNOPSIS section of
41each configurable device gives a sample specification
42for use in constructing a system description for the
43.Xr config 8
44program.
45The DIAGNOSTICS section lists messages which may appear on the console
46and/or in the system error log
47.Pa /var/log/messages
48due to errors in device operation;
49see
50.Xr syslogd 8
51for more information.
52.Pp
53This section contains both devices
54which may be configured into the system
55and network related information.
56The networking support is introduced in
57.Xr netintro 4 .
58.Sh DEVICE SUPPORT
59This section describes the hardware supported on the landisk platform.
60Software support for these devices comes in two forms.
61A hardware device may be supported with a character or block
62.Em device driver ,
63or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a
64.Em network interface driver .
65Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file
66system of a special type; see
67.Xr mknod 8 .
68Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess
69communication facilities provided by the system; see
70.Xr socket 2 .
71.Pp
72A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time
73and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled
74into the system.
75When the resultant system is booted, the autoconfiguration facilities
76in the system probe for the device and, if found, enable the software
77support for it.
78If a device does not respond at autoconfiguration
79time it is not accessible at any time afterwards.
80To enable a device which did not autoconfigure,
81the system will have to be rebooted.
82.Pp
83The autoconfiguration system is described in
84.Xr autoconf 4 .
85A list of the supported devices is given below.
86.Sh LIST OF DEVICES
87The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of
88the system.
89Pseudo-devices are not listed.
90.\" Devices are indicated by their functional interface.
91Not all supported devices are listed.
92.Pp
93.Bl -tag -width lotsofletters -compact -offset indent
94.It Xr cd 4
95ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM driver
96.It Xr obio 4
97landisk onboard I/O bus device
98.It Xr pciide 4
99PCI IDE controller driver
100.It Xr power 4
101power switch
102.\" cpu
103.\" rsclock
104.It Xr sd 4
105SCSI disk driver
106.\" shb
107.\" scif
108.It Xr shpcic 4
109landisk SuperH PCI-Host Bridge
110.It Xr wd 4
111WD100x compatible hard disk driver
112.It Xr wdc 4
113WD100x compatible hard disk controller driver
114.El
115.Pp
116A further list of available devices is contained within the pages
117describing the system buses and controllers.
118For example, a PCI device would be listed in the
119.Xr pci 4
120man page.
121The following buses and controllers list these devices:
122.Pp
123.Bl -tag -width "cardbus(4)XX" -offset 3n -compact
124.It Xr onewire 4
1251-Wire bus
126.It Xr pci 4
127introduction to PCI bus support
128.It Xr usb 4
129introduction to Universal Serial Bus support
130.El
131.Sh SEE ALSO
132.Xr autoconf 4 ,
133.Xr config 8
134.Sh HISTORY
135The
136landisk
137.Nm intro
138first appeared in
139.Ox 4.1 .
140